Seine-hauling device.



C. A. WILLIAMS.

SEINE HAULING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MM 22. 1917.

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SEINE HAULING DEVICE.

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C. A. WILLIAMS.

SEINE HAULING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 22. 1917.

Patented Jan. 22, 1918.

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CHARLES A. WILLIAMS, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

SEINE-HAULING nnvxon.

Application filed May 22. 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. CHARLES A. W'ILLIaMs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the citv of Seattle. county of King, and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seine- Haulinn' Devices. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for handling seincs and consists of a power operated reel or drum which is mounted upon a boat in such manner that it may be turned in any direction desired, and means for operating the same by power.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which may be operated by power and by which the seine may be rapidly hauled in or put out when desired. and without requiring the services of a large crew of men. and by the use of which power may be employed for all the heavy work.

My invention consists of certain novel features and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and then particularly defined by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings l have shown my invention in the preferred form of construction.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my device incorporated on a boat.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the drum with parts of the deck and the supporting standard at one side broken away.

Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view taken just above the operating shafts and mechanisms which are below deck.

Fig. 5 is a detail showing the manner of connecting and disconnecting the drum from the power at the turntable.

Fig. 6 is a detail of the friction clutch operating device.

In the handling of seines it is often desirable to be able to quickly take in and put out a seine. as it often happens that a cast has been made at a point where it is later found it is not desirable and when a cast may be made anew at any point where a school of fish may be inclosed. It is very desirable. therefore. to handle the seine ,expeditiously. It is also desirable to do this work as much as possible by power means.

To enable these results to be secured is the principal object of my invention. l employ as a means for taking in and storing the seine a drum consisting of a central body Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 22, 1918.

Serial No. iroeoa or stem 10 and heads 1. This is mounted to turn upon standards 11. which are supported upon a turntable 2. This turntable is supported upon rollers 15. .PClll'Pll upon the deck andengaging with a trackway bar 16. carricd by the lower surface of the turntable.

The turntable is secured in place by means of a king pin 17. which also constitutes the shaft by means of which power is conveyed from the engine to the drum. The turntable is secured in adjusted position by means of locking bolts 20. which engage sockets 21. placed in such relation to the turntable that the turntable may be secured at any one of several positions. it is desirable that the turntable be adjust able for use at either side of the vessel. or from the stern. By removing the ltnkin; bolt. or bolts. 20, from the sockets which are secured, upon the boat. the turntable may be swung into any position desired.

The power for operating the turntable is taken from shaft 3. which shaft is connected so as to be driven direct from the engine. This power is shown as being transferred to a parallel shaft 30 from a set of friction gears 31. At the point 32. a friction clutch device is mounted upon this shaft so it may be connected and disconnected with the gear 33. which is connected by means of suitable bevel gears and short jack shaft with the vertical shaft 17. Friction clutch 32 is controlled by means of a lever 34 which is pivoted upon a fixed arm 35 and actuated by means of a link which is in turn actuated through the means of an eccentric or crank arm carried by a shaft 37. which extends up ward through the deck and is controlled through a lever 38. or other suitable means. This shaft 37 has an arm 9 which swings concentrically pivoted levers 90, one of which has an eccentric boss 91 which engages a hole in the end of rod 36.

The bevel gear at, which is at the upper end of the shaft 17, meshes with the bevel gear 50, which is secured to the shaft 5. This shaft has a be el gear upon its opposite end, which bevel gear meshes with the bevel gear 60, carried by a shaft 6, which extends upward and carries another bevel gear (31 which meshes with a bevel gear 12. mounted upon the head of the drum. The shaft 5 is mounted upon the turntable and extends horizontallv and substantially parallel with the axis of the drum.

The power connection between the shaft 6 and the drum may be arranged so as to be relieved or broken when desired. One way of doing this is indicated in Fig. 5, and consists in making the pinion 61 movable lengthwise alon the shaft 6 so that it may be disengaged rom the bevel gear 12 carried by the drum. By breaking the power connection at this point, the drum may be allowed to turn so as to pay out the seine without having to operate any of the other driving mechanisms. It will, therefore, run freely.

The pinion 61 has a hub or neck which is grooved and receives a collar 7, which i collar is pivotally connected with alink 70,

which link is controlled by a short arm 71 carried upon a shaft 72, and this shaft is actuated through a crank arm 73, secured thereto, and a link 74, which link is operated from a lever 75, located at a point to be convenient for the use of the operator.

The drum head 1, at one or both ends, is provided with a brake flange 8 upon which is secured a brake band 80 which is controlled through a lever 81 whereby the outward run of the net may be checked and controlled at will.

By the manner of driving the drum above shown. it is possible to shift the drum into any position desired without disconnecting the power. It may be located in various positions and whenever desired to do so, as for instance, in paying out the net, the power may be disconnected in such a way that the drum will run free. It is thus possible to handle the net expeditiously, both in paying out and in taking it up, and to do this without any great amount of manual -itrcngth.

hat I claim as my invention is:

i. A seine hauling device comprising a turntable. a drum mounted on the turntable, a power shaft in the axis of the turntable. a shaft driven from the latter shaft and extending to an end of the drum, a shaft driven from the last named shaft and extending substantially radially of the drum, and intcrmeshing bevel gears carried by said radial shaft and the drum, the one of said gears carried by the shaft being movable upon the shaft to be freed from the other. and means for manually shifting said gear.

2. A seine hauling device comprising a turntable having a circular hearing track upon its under surface and a drum mounted thereon, fixedly journaled wheels engaging said trackway, a power transmitting shaft in the pivot axis of the turntable, a horizontal shaft beneath the floor of the turntable andv extending from the pivot axis to an end of the drum, a shaft extending from the outer end of the horizontal shaft toward the axis of the drum, bevel gears connecting said shafts with each other and with the drum, one of the gears carried by the radial shaft being movable lengthwise its shaft to engage and disengage it from its mate, and a lever and link mechanism for shift-- ing and controlling said gear having the controlling lever at the edge of the turntable.

Signed at Seattle, \Vashington, this 15th day of May, 1917.

CHARLEb A. WILLIAMS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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